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Alongside these, close to 160 rural women were empowered through a skill development Focussed on youths, Project Udyamee, supported by Utkal Alumina International Limited
programmes and handholding support under the Accenture supported Micro (UAIL), targets empowering 350 youth entrepreneurs from Kashipur Block of Rayagada and
Skillpreneurship Development Programme (MSDP) and Entrepreneurship Growth Thuamul Rampur Block of Kalahandi in setting up innovative sustainable enterprises in
Program (EGP) that were successfully implemented in four locations of Nirmal District,
Nonfarm and Agri-allied sector through the Rural Incubation Centre. Work in the area is
Telangana. Providing handholding support to 160 women entrepreneurs to ensure inspiring with tangible outcomes. Another result-driven project aimed at promoting
enterprise sustainability and growth. Out of these, 120 beneficiaries have been enrolled in entrepreneurship among women & PwDs is Project Udaya 4.0, sponsored by Tata
WeAct for post-programme support.
Communications Ltd. Chasing the mandate of scaling up enterprises and living standards of
women entrepreneurs in Maharashtra, the project has successfully completed 10 years.
The 11th year, which is the 4th phase of the project, commenced from April 2025. To focus
EDII provided branding and packaging
support for leaf plate products at the Kaddam on scaling up enterprises set up by women and PwDs, under the project, Udaya 4.0 will
location. Products worth Rs. 45,000 was sold reach out to 200 women entrepreneurs, in addition to the 100 who have already joined.
in the local markets and to retailers. Similar
assistance and training were imparted in
Brand Launch of Mrs. Pratibha
D i l wa r p u r l o cat i o n fo r d e te rge nt
Pawar's Food Products at Ratnagiri at
manufacturing and in Laxmanchanda in the
domain of hand made jewelry manufacturing. the hands of Mr. Anjikya Ajagekar,
General Manager, District Industries
Centre, Ratnagiri. Mrs. Pawar started
her new business with an initial
It is also important to credit the WeAct initiative here, (being implemented by EDII, with the investment of Rs. 1.50 lacs. EDII
support of Accenture) which is an innovative platform for empowering and handholding UDAYA 4.0 team extended all-
women micro-entrepreneurs across rural India. Thus, programme beneficiaries are comprehensive assistance in
designing and launching the brand in
onboarded on the WeAct Platform. Beneficiaries of Standard Chartered support Project
the district.
Sankalp greatly benefitted from this onboarding on the WeAct platform.

In a recent WeAct Energizer Workshop, conducted on May 8th 2025, 40 beneficiaries from
Tamil Nadu and Karnataka were enlightened by various aspects of entrepreneurship,
business promotion and legal compliances. The team of Project Sankalp successfully
organized two Mega Exhibitions at the corporate campuses of Standard Chartered Bank in
Chennai and Bengaluru. These exhibitions provided a powerful platform to 40 grassroots
entrepreneurs to understand of modern business trends and practices.

The total sales value generated amounted to ₹5,83,747.

CSR Mela held at Utkal Alumina
International Limited (UAIL)
township on 16 & 17 April, 2025.

Artisans Get a Strategic Push

One of the important target groups is the artisan community. The HandMade in India
Project (Phase 2, being implemented in Erode and Bhuj) supported by HSBC addresses the
concerns of this group to ensure that their business becomes mainstream. Under the
project, to aid artisan formalization and access to government programmes, 37 Artisan
Card applications were submitted in the villages of Sangnara, Bhadali, Kukma, and Moti
Virani, in Gujarat. In Tamil Nadu, assistance was imparted to 18 weavers for Udyog Aadhaar
registration to improve their access to relevant government schemes. Under the project,
Visitors at the exhibition.
design development is taken up as a major agenda.

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